Toaster.



W. J. STEWART.

TOASTER.

APPLICATION P ILED 00T. 16, 1908.

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unie WILLIAM J. STEWART, OF MENARD, ILLINOIS.

TOASTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Y

Patented Get. 26, '1909.

Application led October 16, 1908. Serial No. 458,081.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IILLIAM J. STEWART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Menard, in the county of Randolph and State oi' Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toasters, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to cooking utensils and more particularly to toasters, and has for its'object to provide a utensil of this kind which may be used for toasting bread or other food upon a gasolene or gas stove without the contamination of the food by the product of combustion from the re.

Another object is to provide a device of this kind which may be manufactured at a low figure, and which will include two portions readily separable to facilitate cleaning or replacement.

Another obj ect is to provide a structure in which one of the members may be formed from a single length of wire without solder which would be likely to melt when submitted to high temperatures.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description and it will be understood that changes in the speciic structure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this spccication and in which like characters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete device, Fig. 2 is an enlarged erspcctive view of the toast receiving mem er, Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken centrally of line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises a heat conserving member 5, and a toast receiving member 6. The heat conserving member is in the form of an inverted metallic pan, including a top plate 7, depending end walls 8, and depending parallel side walls 9. A rib 10 is formed longitudinally of each of the walls8 and 9, these ribs being pressed outwardly from the metal of the walls, as shown.

The toast receiving member is in the formv of a rack, as shown, and 1s made of a single' piece of wire as will be later brought out. The rack consists of a rectangular frame 11 having a depending leg adjacent to each corner. At one end of the frame, these legs, indicated at 12, are located inwardly from the sides of the frame, and at the opposite end of the frame, the legs,'indicated at 13, are located at points slightly spaced from the end of the frame and upon the sides of the frame as shown. Each of the legs has an outwardly directed kink 14 between its ends, and these kinks are arranged for engagement with the ribs 10 of the member 5 as shown. The kinks of the legs 12 are engaged with the rib 10 of one of the ends 8,

and the kinks of the legs 13 are engaged' with the ribs 10 of the sides 9 of the heat conserving member. As shown, the lower ends of the legs 12 and 13 are bent outwardly to a slight extent, so that their disengagement rom the ribs may be readily eected. A retaining rframe 15 is located above the frame 11, and prevents the accidental dislodgment of toast from the frame 11, the frame 15 being connected with the frame 11 by means of vertical portions 16. Transverse toast supporting. wires 17 are connected with the frame 11, as is also a handle 18, by means of which the complete device may be moved from place to place.

The frame portions of the member 6, as stated, are formed of a single piece of wire, this wire being bent into rectangular form to produce the frame 11, and the wire is looped downwardly at points adjacent to its corners to form the legs 12 and 13, each of which is thus formed of two lengths of wire. The three portions of the wire are joined at one corner of the frame 11, and one of these portions is extended thereabove vertically as indicated at A, and is then bent laterally as indicated at B, to form one member of the retaining frame 15. This portion B is extended to an adjacent corner of the frame 11, Where it is bent downwardly as shown at C, engaged with the frame 11, and then bent upwardly as shown at D, from which point it is continued at right angles to the portion B, as shown at E. At each corner of the device, this downward bending is repeated, to produce the vertical portions 16, which are thus each formed of doubled lengths of Wire.

What is claimed is A toaster for use on exposed flame stoves, taining frame carried by the food-rack and comprising a heat conserving member oonsisting of an inverted metallic pan, said pan having outwardly directed longitudinal ribs 4in its walls, a food rack located above the pan, said food rack having depending legs provided with kinks in which the ribs of the pan are removably engaged, and a food reextending upwardly therefrom. e Y

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

Y WILLIAM J. STEWART. Witnesses:

J. B. SIMPSON, BERTHA BARTHoLoMEw. 

